Harriet Andersson
Nude

A bonafide icon in the pantheon of Scandinavian screen pioneers, stark and striking brunette beauty Harriet Andersson is one of the finest, world-class actresses ever to peel off her panties and flash her ass to the camera. Discovered as a 20-year-old by masterful and brooding director Ingmar Bergman in 1952, Harriet was soon starring in a script written specifically for her by the genius of shadow and light. The resultant Summer with Monika (1953) featured black-and-white flashes of Harriet’s front and back assets. Monika, in the entirety of its original state (a chopped up version titled The Story of a Bad Girl made the art-house rounds in the United States), paved the way for future films that explored the sensual side of strong, independent women who retain and exude their eroticism despite whatever difficult fate befalls them. Harriet Andersson would go on to make more than 80 movies and is widely regarded as one of the world’s most powerful and influential actresses--ever.